Mad in America
OCTOBER 11, 2024
From Vox : “Despite having more access to medication in the US than ever, over 50,000 Americans died by suicide last year — the highest number ever recorded. The US Surgeon General describes mental health as ‘the defining public health crisis of our time,’ but we’re [ sic ] barely any closer to understanding the neuroscience of mental health than we were 50 years ago.
Critical Psychiatry
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Terry Lynch , who wrote a chapter for my Critical Psychiatry edited book, has posted a video asking why doctors pay so little attention to trauma in the lives of people with psychiatric diagnosis. As Terry says, Robert Spitzer, Chair of the DSM-III taskforce (see eg. previous post ), when asked in an interview whether psychiatric diagnosis shouldn't always take into account a person's life circumstances replied "If we did that then the whole system falls apart".
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My Psychiatry
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Recovering from alcohol use disorder can feel like climbing a steep mountain. Its not just about deciding to stop drinking; it’s about navigating the physical, mental, and emotional challenges that come with it. If you’re reading this, you or someone you care about might be struggling with alcohol use, and I want you to knowyou’re not alone.
Psychiatry News -- Science Daily
OCTOBER 11, 2024
By generating mice with genetic mutations that disrupt the brain's TrkC-PTP protein complex, researchers find a key way that brain cells communicate.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 9, 2024
In this interview, Brooke Siem, who is the author of a memoir on antidepressant withdrawal, May Cause Side Effects , interviews her mother, Dee Barbash, to discuss the circumstances that led to Brooke being prescribed a cocktail of antidepressants at the age of 15. Today, her mother is a therapist who helps her clients taper from psychiatric medications—a profession that she took up after she came to understand the harms that Brooke suffered from having been prescribed these drugs for 15 years.
Critical Psychiatry
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Ive changed the name of this blog before (see eg. previous post ). Im not convinced its really made much impact in terms of attracting more readers (see eg. another previous post ). Im making another attempt to see if expressing what this blog is about in more everyday langauage, avoiding the use of the term psychiatry, makes a difference. As mentioned in another previous post , mental health has come to mean the conditions and practices that maintain mental health.
My Psychiatry
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Work plays a huge role in our lives, often shaping our daily routines, sense of purpose, and even how we see ourselves. But even when you love what you do, the stress and demands of your job can sometimes feel overwhelming. If you’ve ever felt like the pressures of work-related stress weighing you down, you’re not alone. Work-related stress and anxiety are more common than you might think, affecting people in all professions.
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Mad in America
OCTOBER 10, 2024
O n 15 July, the Evening Show on Danish national TV, funded by taxpayers, had invited a patient who was happy for her ADHD diagnosis and felt the drug she took had changed her life, and a psychiatrist, Anne Philipsen. It was a “feeling good together” performance with no criticism whatsoever, but with numerous false statements by Philipsen. She said that we know that 5% of the population have ADHD; that you are born with ADHD and die with ADHD; no one outgrows ADHD when they mature; if people sto
Psychiatry News -- Science Daily
OCTOBER 10, 2024
A new study has shed light on why some children and adolescents develop mental health disorders like PTSD, anxiety, or depression after experiencing a traumatic event.
Harmony United Psychiatric Care
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Neurodevelopmental disorders are characterized by developmental deficits that produce impairments of personal, social, academic or occupational functioning. NDDs may include intellectual disabilities, communication disorders, autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), specific learning disorders and motor disorders.
Child Mind Intitute
OCTOBER 10, 2024
By Giovanni Salum, MD, PhD Vice-President, Global Programs, Child Mind Institute & Zeina Mneimneh, PhD, MS, MPH Director, Global Landscape Mapping Program, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child & Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute In recent years, mental health has emerged as a crucial component of global health discussions.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 11, 2024
An interview with myself about my experience taking psychotropic medication. I am an incarcerated author serving a life sentence. I also write under the pen name Ronin Grey. PART I: FIRST CONTACT RONIN GREY: What was your perception of psychiatric medication before anybody ever talked to you directly about them? CAMERON TERHUNE: I knew nothing about them.
World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Onthe 10thofOctober(Thursday), the global community unites once again to celebrate World Mental Health Day (WMHD), an initiative organised by the World Federation for Mental Health(WFMH)and endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO). This year, the theme focuses on an issue that touches the lives of many Mental Health at Work. With 60% of the global population engaged in some form of employment, the connection between work and mental health is not only significant, but urgent.A healthy, saf
Doctors In Distress Blog
OCTOBER 8, 2024
by Dr Anna Baverstock and Dr Jess Morgan Dr Anna Baverstock is a consultant community paediatrician at Somerset Hospitals Foundation Trust and lead for senior doctor wellbeing @anna_annabav Dr Jess Morgan is a paediatrician and Dinwoodie RCPCH Clinical fellow @doc_bipolar The workplace experiences of doctors in the UK continue to be very concerning.
Child Mind Intitute
OCTOBER 7, 2024
When it comes to screens, advice from experts tends to emphasize their dangers to kids, and how parents can limit them. But not all kids (or screens) are alike, and there is a growing conversation about the positive role screens can play specifically for children who are neurodivergent. Benefits for neurodivergent kids including those who are on the autism spectrum or have ADHD or a learning disorder range from the social to the academic.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 9, 2024
From Science : “In 2016, when the U.S. Congress unleashed a flood of new funding for Alzheimer’s disease research, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) tapped veteran brain researcher Eliezer Masliah as a key leader for the effort. He took the helm at the agency’s Division of Neuroscience, whose budget—$2.6 billion in the last fiscal year—dwarfs the rest of NIA combined.
The Anxiety Guy
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Today, I want to share with you the dietary changes I made towards healing anxiety through food. These important elements have also been critical for my personal clients in bettering their emotional and mental well being, and I know they’ll help you tremendously as well. Enjoy! Welcome to the Powerful Anxiety Guy Podcast , where we explore the profound connections between our mind, body, and the foods that we consume.
From Both Sides of the Couch
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Persoanl Perpective: When dialectical behavior therapy doesn't alleviate symptoms of BPD, transference-focused psychotherapy is an alternative treatment to consider.
Montana Psychiatry
OCTOBER 7, 2024
October is World Mental Health Month, a time when we come together to raise awareness about mental health and promote well-being for everyone in our communities. Mental health is just as important as physical health, and it’s vital that we prioritize it for ourselves and those around us. In Bozeman and Billings, many of us have faced challenges, whether its the stress of everyday life, the pressures of school or work, or simply feeling disconnected from others.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 5, 2024
M ore than four decades ago, I was sitting on the deck of the summer house I am sharing in the Berkshires with five people from New York city. My roommates returned to work in the city after extended weekends in the house. My plan was to use my alone time, Tuesday to Thursday, to make real my overpowering drive to write my story. What happened to me and others like me?
Love & Life Toolbox
OCTOBER 5, 2024
When new therapy clients sit down in front of me for the first time, my curiosity is always piqued around not only who they are and what kind of help they are seeking, but also their level of psychological awareness. There’s no judgment associated but it does help to inform me how much they understand their internal workings which in turn will ideally help me help them.
Real Psychiatry
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. George Orwell in Politics and the English Language , 1946. In the closing month of the federal election for President, I think it is useful to consider my previous comments on the Goldwater Rule and Does the Insurrection End The Debate on the Goldwater Rule.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 6, 2024
From Caitlin Johnstone : “I saw a fascinating tweet by BloomTech CEO Austen Allred the other day that stirred up a lot of thoughts here. ‘Of the Silicon Valley founders I know who went on some of the psychedelic self-discovery trips, almost 100% quit their jobs as CEO within a year,’ Allred said, adding, ‘Could be random anecdotes, but be careful with that stuff.’ Allred tweeted this in response to writer Ashlee Vance sharing that he’d been told by a venture capi
Mad in America
OCTOBER 8, 2024
A new article published in BMC Medicine finds that antidepressant use in two Scottish regions increased 27% between 2012 and 2019. The current work, headed by Vita Brisnik of LMU University Hospital, also finds long-term use of antidepressants (2 years or more) increased during the same time period. 25.8% of participants using antidepressants in the current research had potential deprescribing indications (PDIs), meaning they were long-term users in high risk categories.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Because tree stumps have replaced office chairs. Because a city of wind has replaced commercial business parks. Because infinity has been revealed as a tidy line of morel mushrooms too long for the human eye to perceive. Because the trail winds through vacant halls like a poisoned snake. Because we have perceived time backward and have therefore been living in reverse, growing younger all these years, growing smaller, buying caskets five times our size, using all that extra wood for nothing.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 8, 2024
S eptember is National Suicide Prevention Month. This month is dedicated to promoting awareness about suicide and its prevention. Preventing suicide among older adults is a major, complex issue. Statistics, risk factors, warning signs, and protective factors are addressed well in the literature (e.g., CDC, Suicide Prevention Resource Center, National Council on Aging).
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